bleat
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Trombones bleat, a tuba bellows, drums are the heart.
From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025
Utter it audibly, and someone within earshot might bleat, “Ugh.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2024
On “Saturday Night Live,” Gilda Radner mocked Ms. Walters’ voice, which Vogue characterized as “a distinctive Boston bleat at once flat, hoarse and nasal.”
From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2022
Despite clarinet squeaks and the occasional bleat of a rogue saxophone, almost every student was smiling.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 18, 2022
“Fish!” they’d bleat, using the chess player’s derisive term for a really weak player, whenever Bobby made an obvious blunder.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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